by Brittain Ladd | Aug 15, 2026 | Logistics, Retail
Flexport has released a video game. No joke. I’ve stated many times that the only legitimate thing that Flexport does is write glowing press releases about things they say they’re going to do yet they never do them. Releasing a video game is something I...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 12, 2026 | Logistics, Retail
In 2020, I recommended to Amazon and AutoStore™ to form a partnership. Amazon resisted. They wanted to build their own system. They failed. Amazon and AutoStore started to work together and both companies realized the value to each other. I wrote multiple posts...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 13, 2026 | AI, Logistics, Retail, Strategy
Game theory tells you what position you must hold. Statistics tells you the odds your plan actually gets you there. Almost no company computes either. Ask a Fortune 500 strategy team what their plan is, and you will receive a narrative: a market thesis, a three-year...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 12, 2026 | Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chains
On the night of April 24, 1980, eight RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters lifted off the deck of the USS Nimitz in the Arabian Sea and turned north toward Iran. Their mission was to rescue 53 American hostages held in Tehran since November 4, 1979 — 50 inside the U.S....
by Mindee Forman | Jun 12, 2026 | Logistics, Retail
In July 2023, I published an article titled: “Is Automation Inside Rivian Vans the Next Opportunity for Amazon?” My argument was simple: The future of last-mile delivery would not be determined solely by autonomous driving. The bigger opportunity was...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 6, 2025 | AI, Logistics, Retail, Supply Chains
I broke the story that Convoy was going out of business. Dan Lewis will confirm this. Out of respect for Dan, Grant Goodale, and the hardworking team from Convoy, I gave Dan several extra days to find a buyer for Convoy instead of me immediately writing a LinkedIn...
